The Language of Flowers

By Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034552554X
• ISBN13: 9780345525543
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Need an ugly cry??

My daughter read this book and insisted that I needed to read it. She was right. It was a wonderful, thought invoking book that broke my heart and then put it back together. I ugly cried and had swollen, sad eyes for a few days. It was so worth it.

Great book

I absolutely loved this book. It’s worth rereading.

Can a previous foster child find love and a family?

When I ordered this book I thought I was getting a reference book on the language of flowers, not a novel. I was pleasantly surprised by the storyline of this book and the struggles of a foster child to achieve independence and learn to allow love and be loved. Beautiful story, one I am glad I accidentally found! This book flows easily from the first sentence.

Flowers and foster care

I recommend this book! It goes through Victoria’s life as a ten year old in the foster care system, then as an 18 year old trying to find her way in the world. I really enjoyed learning about the language of flowers too!